Pretty in Flight...but

Re: Uh Oh !
Hows that for a vote of confidence in your fitness level.

Re: Uh Oh !

Originally Posted by sasquatch2014

Hows that for a vote of confidence in your fitness level.

Fitness level....if there's buzzards and vultures gathered around me I think it means I'm either dead or I must smell like I am.

Re: Pretty in Flight...but
Hey, Ramble-on. You've got a black vulture here! Black vultures are a more compact version of turkey vulture, and they have a black face rather than red. You can sometimes see this when the bird's in flight, if it isn't too high.

The placement of pale feathers on the wing is different, also--turkey vultures show pale feather tips along the trailing edge of the wing; black vultures show pale feathers at the ends of each wing. This field mark is often noticeable when the vulture is soaring high.

Re: Pretty in Flight...but
Hey..Thanks for that. I honestly didn't know that there were more than one kind.

Re: Pretty in Flight...but

Originally Posted by berkshirebirder

Hey, Ramble-on. You've got a black vulture here! Black vultures are a more compact version of turkey vulture, and they have a black face rather than red. You can sometimes see this when the bird's in flight, if it isn't too high.

The placement of pale feathers on the wing is different, also--turkey vultures show pale feather tips along the trailing edge of the wing; black vultures show pale feathers at the ends of each wing. This field mark is often noticeable when the vulture is soaring high.

Yes that's a black vulture; here's some interesting facts of both http://wildbirdsunlimited.typepad.co...y-vulture.html BTW, notice how they say the black is less shy and more aggressive than the turkey. I've noticed that when I see them along side the roads as I ride my bike. The turkeys will fly away, but the blacks will stand their ground.

For some reason they don't show a closeup of the turkey vulture, but it's very different looking with a red head. This shows a pic of a turkey vulture http://www.pbase.com/rcm1840/black_and_turkey_vultures